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CASE31915: Horary consultation concerning Anne Herick (PERSON23738)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON26430) on 31 July 1607 at 09:00 or at 09:30 or at 10:30

RN An Herick of Collintree: 16 y Iuly 31 . h. 9. ant m. 1607

[Partial Astrological Chart]

An Herick of Collingtree by Mylton hard by Gayston 16 y Iuly 31. h. 9 \10 30/ ant m. 1607. sine consensu1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘wits & mynd troubled.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 193, f. 254r-v (f. 254r bottom right, and f. 254v upper left)

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CASE66239: Horary consultation concerning Agnes [Anne] Richards (PERSON57546)

Question asked by the patient on 1 June 1628 at 07:00 or at 07:30

RN Agnys Richards of Ket{tering} 30 y {sic} |28 y| Iune 1. h. 7. {ant} m 1628

Agnys Richards of Kettering. 28 y. Iune 1. h. 7. 30 ant m. 1628.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 405, ff. 53v-54r (f. 53v upper right, and f. 54r upper left)

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CASE53788: Horary consultation concerning John Bolton (PERSON44398)

Question asked by the patient on 2 April 1622 at 11:00

RN Iohn Bolton of Byssetour 33 y Ap. 2. h. 11 ant m 1622 troubled in mynd wth ill thought. & is very light headed & cānot sleepe a yere. had pils & was let blood last yere. the Divell Doth rū in his mynd./ |goody plowright susp.|

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 223, f. 37v (upper left part of page)

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CASE13536: Horary consultation concerning Goody Elizabeth Miller [Richardson] (PERSON15311)

Question asked by Goodman Thomas Richardson (PERSON15301) on 14 July 1598 at 07:45

RN Millers 1598 Iul. 14. die h. 7. mi. 12. 45 m. Thomas Richardson for his wife. to know what wilbe her end. about 30 yeres old. shee suspecteth shee hath bene bewitched light headed & talketh mutch of the devill shee can not speake sometimes in her fit letteth out her excrement.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 182, f. 209v (upper part of page)

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CASE11744: Decumbiture for Susan Blundell (PERSON9824)

Question asked by the patient between 11 October 1598 at 07:45 and 12 October 1598 at 08:30

RN Susan Blundell toke her fit by some foolish vision & sight at what time she laughed & sawe Goody Greene & goody Nichols flinging of trenchers & when it tooke her as they say shee cryed out vppon Goody Barnwell. the 13 of Novemb. die . h noctis circ 12 1596.

[Partial Astrological Chart]

Susan Blundell

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 42r (upper left, and upper right parts of page)

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CASE62503: Horary consultation concerning Michael Adams (PERSON42480)

Question asked by Mr Baker (PERSON43238) on 31 May 1626 at 07:00

RN Michaell Adams of Over. 43. y. may 31. . h 7. ant m. 1626.

[Astrological Chart]

melanch false feares touching sathans illusions fearfulnes of synne |apt to sleepe|1

Mr Baker wrote in his behalfe

Notes:

1 ‘a mynd mtch troubled wth false conceit & illusions 3 y’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 231v (upper left part of page)

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CASE56863: Horary consultation concerning Edward Cleaver (PERSON46330)

Question asked by the patient on 9 August 1623 at 07:00 or at 07:30

RN Edward Cleaver of Stoe of 9 churches. 50 y Aug. 9 h {sic} hor 7 ant m. 1623 was sent

[Astrological Chart]

Edw. Cleaver of Stoe of the 9 churches. 50 y h {sic} hor. 7. 30 ant m 1623.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 218, ff. 188v-189r (f. 188v bottom left, f. 188v bottom right, and f. 189r upper left)

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CASE46858: Horary consultation concerning Dorothy Matts (PERSON33125)

Question asked by the patient on 15 June 1618 at 09:00

RN Dorothy matts of whitechurch. 56. y. Iune. 15. . h: 9 ant m 1618. buryed her ed|l|dest sons this day 6 weekes. & hath taken mutch greefe & feareth. venef. mutch troubled in mynd

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 201, f. 143r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE32676: Horary consultation concerning Mr Potkyn (PERSON24941)

Question asked by Margery Potkyn (PERSON14999) on 4 February 1606 at 10:15

RN I came to Mr Potkins of lilly by the how 62 y feb. 4. h. 10. 15 ant m. 1606 |vxor marito sine consensu./|12

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘frentick despayreth ready to murder him self’ in chart

2 ‘& beateth his bed {sic} against the bedsteede & sayth yt he hath given him selfe to the devill’ in the right margin

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 229, f. 10r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE74988: Horary consultation concerning John Smith (PERSON59004)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON41587) on 2 July 1632 at 10:00

RN Iohn Smyth. of willing 24. y. Iuly. 2. h. 10. 1632 |head light mad headed for love.| /sayth he is bewitched & they will p{ey}\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 278 (bottom right part of page)

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CASE78793: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Baldwin (PERSON43286)

Question asked by Mr Marsh (PERSON54301) on 4 February 1634 at 09:00

RN Elis: Baldwyn of Dagnoll by Edgborugh 40 y a mayd feb 4 h 9 ant m 1634 /cānot sleepe Mr Marsh wrote\

brayne troubled will kill her father & the child sayth yt she must make her selfe away

eateth greedely to serve the Devill

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 412, f. 81v (upper right part of page)

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CASE13090: Horary consultation concerning John Marsh (PERSON14005)

Question asked by Marsh (PERSON14003) on 18 February 1600 at 08:00

RN Iohn Marshe of Barnet 50 y. distempered in mind ob {l} {sic} veneficiū. et {vutpō} immisse in domū eius. feb. 18 die h. 8. ant m. 1600. filius patre /Lunatice\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 271v (upper right part of page)

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CASE54678: Decumbiture for Goody Elizabeth Cockayne (PERSON46446)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON39510) on 25 July 1622 at 11:11

RN Elis Cocken of Newp. first strangly & sodenly taken on holy thursday 26 y Iuli may 30 h. 5 p m 1622 Iane Goodmā craved Drink & she gave it to this Iane & it prsently tooke her & sinc neaver well but mutch tēpted & troubled wth wynd1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘mutch temptat. wynd melancholye’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 222, f. 8r (bottom left, and bottom centre parts of page)

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CASE30763: Horary consultation concerning Henry [Harry] Doe (PERSON11337)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON26293) on 3 March 1607 at 11:30

RN Henry Doe of Cranfild 23 y. h. 11. 30 ant m 1607 sine cōsensu.1

Notes:

1 ‘light headed tempted & sayth he seeth sathan.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 193, f. 97v (upper right part of page)

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CASE62241: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Hawes (PERSON51213)

Question asked by the patient on 2 May 1626 at 06:30

RN Th Haws of Princes Risborne 36|8| y May 1 {sic}. h. 6. 30 ant m. 1626.

mutch troubled in mynd & feareth ill tongues/

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 190r (upper left part of page)

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CASE78999: Horary consultation concerning Ellen Green (PERSON50329)

Question asked by the patient on 8 April 1634 at 09:00

TG Ellen greene of Fen traiton in Cambridge sh. 34. y. Ap. 8 h. 9 am. 1634. troubled in minde haunted by an ill spirit, whom se {sic} saith he speaketh to her.

[Partial Astrological Chart]

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 412, f. 119r (upper right part of page)

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CASE11606: Horary consultation concerning Goody Joan Honour (PERSON12892)

Question asked by the patient on 9 August 1598 at 05:30

RN Ihone honour enquireth what is good for her disease of 36 yeres Aug. 9. die h. 5. 30. ant m. very fearfull

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 11v (upper left, and bottom left parts of page)

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CASE20875: Horary consultation concerning Mr Vincent Goddard (PERSON12177)

Question asked by the patient on 23 March 1604 at 10:00

RN Mr Vincent Goddard her brothr 23 y sent at boath these tymes maryed 3 yeres handled by fits aftr a strang māner 12 days sometymes wthout senc & feele as in a dead palsy but will not speake but cryeth at the begyning of his fit extreemely yet looketh well.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 415, f. 53r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE42125: Horary consultation concerning Anne Winch [Pedder] (PERSON36926)

Question asked by the patient on 12 July 1615 at 11:20

RN An Winch of luton Iuly 20|5| y. Iuly. 12 h. 11. 20 ant m. 16151

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘troubled in mynd./’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 196, f. 62v (upper left part of page)

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CASE43634: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Hopkins (PERSON31823)

Question asked by the patient on 12 July 1616 at 09:15

RN Eliz. Hopkins of great Brickhill 26 y. Iuly. 12 h. 9. 15 ant m 16i6. troubled in mynd |cānot well tell what to doe|

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 408, f. 132v (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

Cite this as: Lauren Kassell, Michael Hawkins, Robert Ralley, John Young, Joanne Edge, Janet Yvonne Martin-Portugues, and Natalie Kaoukji (eds.), The casebooks of Simon Forman and Richard Napier, 1596–1634: a digital edition, https://casebooks.lib.cam.ac.uk/search?f1-time-of-day=AM;f4-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind;f5-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWitchcraft%20and%20devil, accessed 14 March 2025.